We were also eager to share our exciting news with close family and friends, and I was quick to tell my parents and brother over dinner. I probably could have chosen a slightly better situation to do it in, as we got some very strange looks in the Chinese restaurant when we all started crying and hugging each other over our dumplings!
Charmaine and I organised a family BBQ where we could all get to know each other, and we picked a beautiful early-autumn day at a local park. It was our first opportunity to meet Charmaine and Darren’s children and Charmaine’s mum - I was nervous again, as it felt a little bit like we were getting an unofficial blessing!
Hubby's and my parents were there to say hello and my wonderful brother-in-law played the unofficial photographer!
Charmaine and Darren’s children are wonderful and all so well behaved (Charmaine will laugh when she reads that, I’m sure, but it’s true!). If I can raise our little one to be as funny and sweet as any of those kids, I will consider myself to have done a fantastic job!
Our mothers went off to complain about their daughters, and the blokes stood around the BBQ and critiqued hubby’s sausage cooking abilities. The kids were running around and chatting with Charmaine and I about their week, and our puppies got lots of pats - it was a wonderful day, just hanging out with people who already felt like old friends!
Hopefully first of many photos :) we are still to get more lol!
ReplyDeleteI am so going to record the kids when they being naghty behind closed doors hehe
You're right - we need to take more photos! I always forget! And as for the kids, I'll believe it when I see it! Haha!
DeletePerhaps your mums were complimenting each other about the fantastic women they raised rather than complaining about you :p
ReplyDeleteI'd like to think so! ;-)
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